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Lendrum, SNHU oust Franklin Pierce

When and Where: May 16, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Penmen Field)
Score: #21 Southern New Hampshire University 10, Franklin Pierce University 3
Records: SNHU 32-17, FPU 28-20

Sophomore starter Parker Lendrum (Exeter, N.H.) settled in to throw seven solid innings and senior Dylan O’Sullivan (Manchester, N.H.) delivered a go-ahead, two-run double as part of a five-run fifth to lead the 21st-ranked and top-seeded Southern New Hampshire University baseball team to a 10-3 victory over fifth-seeded Franklin Pierce University in Game 2 of the NCAA Baseball Championship East Regional I on Thursday evening at Penmen Field.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Lendrum – 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 K, 2 BB (win; 8-2)
  • O’Sullivan – 1-for-3, 3 RBI, R, 2B, BB
  • Sophomore Jake Risedorf (Barkhamsted, Conn.) – 2-for-4, 3 RBI, R, 2 2B, BB
  • Senior Jorge Burgos (Santo Domingo, D.R.) – 2-for-4 3 R, 2B
  • Junior Harry Vargas Segura (Bronx, N.Y.) – 1-for-4, 2 RBI, BB, SB
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Franklin Pierce drew first blood against Lendrum with a leadoff double by Joey Acker, who later scored on Eli Battipaglia’s sacrifice fly.
  • Southern New Hampshire wasted a leadoff walk to Vargas Segura and a single to right by sophomore Dyrenson Wouters (Oranjestad, Aruba) and left a pair in scoring position in the bottom of the first.
  • SNHU was again in danger of not capitalizing on a pair of walks and a hit batter in the third when Risedorf delivered a two-out, bases-clearing double to the gap in left-center to put the Penmen on top, 3-1.
  • Franklin Pierce pulled even in the fourth when Ian Battipaglia led off with a triple to right-center, before Kiobel Lugo hit a two-run homer down the left field line.
  • The Penmen did some two-out damage in the fifth, with an O’Sullivan double down the left field line putting the hosts back on top, 5-3, before a two-RBI single by Vargas Segura unloaded the bases and put SNHU up, 8-3.
  • SNHU nudged its advantage to 9-3 in the sixth on a bases-loaded walk to sophomore Kyle Lavigne (Bedford, N.H.).
  • The Penmen tacked on a run in the eighth on a O’Sullivan sac fly to right.
INSIDE THE BOX
  • Wouters went 1-for-3 with a run, two walks and three stolen bases.
  • Sophomore Frankie DeMaro (Newburgh, N.Y.) finished 2-for-4 and scored a run.
  • Sophomore Jake Pisano (Hamden, Conn.) went 1-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and a walk.
  • Lavigne was 0-for-2, but drew three walks, knocked in a run and scored a run.
  • Graduate student Zachary Gitschier (Lowell, Mass.) allowed just one hit, while striking out three and walking a batter, in a pair of scoreless innings.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire, ranked 21st in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Poll, has won nine of its last 11, including four of five.
  • SNHU, in its 12th appearance in the NCAA postseason, improves to 44-26 (.629) all-time, including 6-3 against Franklin Pierce.
  • Fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson University, which defeated Franklin Pierce in Game 1, 19-6, is also 1-0 in the East Regional I pod. The Rams and Penmen will meet in a best-of-three series to decide who will advance to the NCAA East Super-Regional. The first game is Friday at noon.
  • Southern New Hampshire now leads the all-time series with Franklin Pierce, 67-50-1, and has won 27 of the last 31 meetings with the Ravens, including 15 of 19 and three straight at home.
  • Risedorf extends his hitting streak to five games and has reached base in 12 straight.
  • Vargas Segura and Wouters lead the team with reached-base streaks of 16 games.
  • Vargas Segura stole his 43rd base of the season, which breaks a tie for the seventh most steals in a single season in NE10 history.

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